It would seem fairly obvious where Geneva got its name from. It’s located in a state, New York, that was named after a foreign city after all.

As foreign cities go to be named after, Geneva isn’t too bad. It’s become a center for peace. It’s a beautiful place, too. Somebodyisfromhere.com has been there. It sits on a Lake in which taking this picture is even possible:

Usually when an American flag appears on the top right of an international site, it’s about what language you wish to use while browsing. Not so with this news site.

Some evil looking American flags here. The film in the US tried to promote itself as anti greed but not necessarily anti-American. It doesn’t look like the international vibe of the marketing is only indicting Wall Street.

The website is explained on Google as, “Morgunblaðið is a newspaper published in Iceland, founded by Vilhjálmur Finsen & Olaf Björnsson, brother to the first president.”

The beer drinking looks fun. Somebodyisfromhere.com has no idea what the context of that is.

The film, based on a true story and book by Robert Edsel, follows a group of mostly Americans who try to save historic art – and by extension their culture – from both sides during World War II. They are especially motivated to save the art from the Nazis who were said to be under orders to destroy large collections if Hitler was to be killed.

The charm of the movie also comes from the true aspect of the story which is these were professionals in the art community. They weren’t soldiers. They weren’t young enough to be soldiers. They were not especially fit to be soldiers. It also makes it possible to say the phrase, “Bill Murray Nazi movie.”

Along with Murray, John Goodman was cast with serious actors of Matt Damon, George Clooney, and Cate Blanchett. While both Goodman and Murray have shown skill in dramatic roles, their casting here was to bring their general silly personas.

Which brings Somebodyisfromhere.com to the tonal issues of the film. It’s a hard to bring about an evenness to a somewhat silly World War II film. Clooney, as director, has struggled with tone in the past. Leatherheads never reached that Coen Brothers level of zaniness Clooney was clearly going for. On the other hand, Good Night and Good Luck was successful enough to get into the rarefied air of Oscar conversations. Meanwhile, Confessions of a Dangerous Minds is one of Somebodyisfromhere.com’s favorite films.

The Monuments Men certainly won’t be considered when award season approaches. The question the movie presents is: is that fair?

We have a certain expectation now. When World War II movies come out it is either Oscar movies or bust.

In that calculation, The Monuments Men would have been a failure. The movie wasn’t without flaws, either. Early on it looked like there were a lot of effects that did not look real. There was also some overly old-timey dialogue.

The concerns were small though compared to the weightiness of the project. Clooney clearly wanted to ask the question: How many lives is it worth to lose to save some art? What if that art was the symbol of the Catholic Church? You get the idea.

In that sense, the movie is not an Oscar movie, but it is not a bust either. It almost feels like a World War II movie made by Disney or like a network television station. They wanted to tell an interesting story, but only wanted it to be dark enough to establish that the stakes were real. In that sense, it is also screenable to a younger audience.

There has to be something salvageable in that endeavor. Especially, when in the process you get to see Bill Murray point a gun at a Nazi.

Mijares has been unsuccessful to date and according to Wiki it appears unlikely that he will ever be. The United States Board of Geographic Names has sited “historical significance” as a reason to stick with the status quo.

Since, we have to get used to it we might as well learn what it means. It’s somewhat more mysterious than some of the guesses you might have for a part of the country with so many religiously Spanish town names.

In most of the country it is cold. It has been cold. It will likely be cold for the rest of of your lives.

It’s worth remembering hardships with mother nature aren’t new thing. Imagine being in Texas, for example, and being so elated to find water that you named the town after the emotion you saw when you next saw it.

If that cast were to have moved to Happy the town would have considered it a boom in population as there are only about 600 residents. However, they seem to be a professional lot because there are also 47 businesses.

And as Somebodyisfromhere.com has learned with his WikiTravel series, towns can not be too cheesy in incorporating their town name into their motto.

A town existing with the name Soldier is not altogether surprising. After all, there are a lot of forts and bases around or, alternatively, it never hurts to show a little patriotism and honor the real heroes. Or so logic would have you believe.